Due Date Your New Hampshire LLC’s Annual Report is due between January 1st and April 1st every year. Your first Annual Report is due the year following the year of formation.

For example: – If your New Hampshire LLC was formed on February 5th 2017, your first Annual Report would be due between January 1st and April 1st of 2018. – If your New Hampshire LLC was formed on November 22nd 2017, your first Annual Report would be due between January 1st and April 1st of 2018.

How early can an Annual Report be filed? Your LLC’s Annual Report can be filed as early as January 1st each year. We recommend filing your Annual Report shortly after New Years to get it out of the way and to avoid waiting until the last minute.

Penalty if Annual Report is late You New Hampshire LLC’s Annual Report will be considered late if not filed by April 1st.

If you’re late, your LLC will be placed into a status of “Not in Good Standing” and will also be assessed a $50 penalty on top of the filing fee. This means, when you do file late, your total due will be $150.

If you fail to file an Annual Report for 2 consecutive years, the state will administratively dissolve your LLC.

LLC Annual Report Reminders The New Hampshire Secretary of State will send one courtesy reminder shortly after January 1st. Depending on what you selected in your Certificate of Formation, the state will send the reminder by mail or email.

If there are any errors in your Annual Report If there are any errors or problems with your LLC’s Annual Report, the state will send you back a notification letting you know and they will give you 30 days to correct the issue and re-file the Annual Report.

Note: You can find your LLC’s Business ID number by searching your LLC name here.

Principal Purposes Review the purpose of your New Hampshire LLC. Unfortunately, if you need to make any changes, you can’t do so via the online Annual Report.

Instead, you need to file Form LLC-3 (Certificate of Amendment) and pay a $35 filing fee. Instructions on how to file are inside the form itself.

Note: If you’re filing your Annual Report late though, your LLC is not in good standing. And you can’t submit a Certificate of Amendment if your LLC is not in good standing. So submit and pay your Annual Report first with the purpose as it is, then after it’s filed, send the state your Certificate of Amendment.

• If your Annual Report is on time, then you can change your Registered Agent online. And you can do so via this Annual Report at no additional charge. Just click the edit (or remove) icon to delete your current Registered Agent. Then add your new Registered Agent’s information and save.

• If your Annual Report is late, you cannot change your Registered Agent online. You can only change it by mail. Additionally, you have to pay $15 to do so. Bummer.

If your address(es) have not changed, then you don’t need to change anything in this section.

If you need to make changes, just click the “Edit” button to the right. Then change your address details and click the “Save Selection” button.

Business Email Address Review your email address and make any changes if needed. Don’t worry that it’s called a “business email”. It doesn’t have to be an official business email. In fact, we recommend using your personal email address.

We also recommend checking off the box at the bottom so that you can receive Annual Report reminders notices via email.

Then click the “Continue” button to proceed.

Member/Manager Information The fields you immediately see with red asterisks do not necessarily need to be filled out.

First, look below the fields for the current member/manager information.

Click the “remove” icon if you need to remove a member/manager.

If you need to add a member/manager, enter their information at the top and then click the “Save Selection” button.

Certify Check off the “Certify” box agreeing to the terms and conditions of filing the Annual Report, then click the “Continue” button. A few additional fields will appear below…

Effective Date Your effective filing date will be automatically set to today’s date (you won’t be able to change it). There is nothing you need to do here. Technically, it just means your LLC’s Annual Report is filed with the state on today’s date.

Name & Title Enter your first and last name, then select “Member” from the drop down menu.

Note: If you are filing this Annual Report on behalf of a client and you have authorization to do so, select “Authorized Party” as your title.

Then click the “Continue” button at the bottom to proceed.

Review: Review the information you entered in your LLC’s Annual Report and check for any typos or mistakes.

If you need to make any changes, click the “Edit” buttons to the right of any section.

If everything looks good, you can then proceed to make payment.

**Important: You have 2 options for submitting your Annual Report to the state:

Note: if you’re filing your New Hampshire Annual Report late, your total payment may be $150.

Congratulations, your New Hampshire LLC’s Annual Report has been mailed for processing! Now you just need to wait for verification.

Verification/Approval of a filed LLC Annual Report (by mail): If you file by mail, the state will process your Annual Report in 1-3 weeks. You don’t get anything back by mail (unless you request and pay for a copy of your approved Annual Report).

Instead, you can also search your LLC name here, click on your LLC name, click “Filed Documents” at the top, then look for your recent Annual Report in the list.

Submit your New Hampshire LLC Annual Report Online

So just before this you should have clicked the “Proceed to Pay” button.

I would like to pay using… Select “Credit Card” and your total charges will appear below. Then click the “Pay Securely using a Credit Card” button.

A popup message will appear stating that you’ll be redirected to the Global Gateway payment system. Click the “Ok” button to proceed.

Verification/Approval of a filed LLC Annual Report (online): If you file online, the state will process your Annual Report immediately. After you’ve paid the filing fee, you will be redirected to a receipt page (this means that your Annual Report has been processed and your LLC is in good standing with the state).

You can then print out a copy of your approved Annual Report in your LLC’s online record by doing the following: search your LLC name here, click on your LLC name, click “Filed Documents” at the top, then look for your recent Annual Report in the list.

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Burby Enterprises LLCMarch 10, 2018

Please send me an email with the annual reports that are due. I know this LLC is not in good standing and would like to pay so that it is in good standing

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